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Lot 64

Boyd Elder (American, 1944-2018): Black Horse Running,
1975,

Amended
20 – 30 June 2025, 12:00 PDT
Online, Los Angeles

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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Boyd Elder (American, 1944-2018): Black Horse Running,

1975,
lithograph artwork on paper, part of the American Fetish-RIP series, featuring an animal skull adorned with Native American-inspired decorations and feathers, print inscribed AP IV in pencil to lower left margin and signed and dated '1980' by the artist to the lower right margin, framed and glazed,
34 1/2 x 38 1/2in

Footnotes

Boyd Elder:
Boyd Elder was an American artist from El Paso, Texas. Elder studied art at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1968. Elder had a major exhibition of his works in an art gallery in 1972, the famous El Chingadero. Elder was a popular figure in the Laurel Canyon community, with strong friendships with Bobby Fuller, Glenn Frey, Rick Griffin and Gary Burden.

Most people have almost certainly seen his work in a record store. Whether it be on the Eagles' 1975 album One of These Nights, the powerful image of a bull's skull emblazoned with wildly colored zigzags, set in front of a pair of wings. Or the artwork for the Eagles 1976 album Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), featuring a plaster cast of a bird skull floating above a blue and silver background.

Saleroom notices

Please note that the date should be 1980, not 1975 as described in the catalogue.

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